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FIRE IN JULY

Jody Redhage, voice, cello, compositions
Ken Thomson, clarinet/bass clarinet
Tim Collins, vibraphone

Called an "adventurous cello songstress" by Time Out NY, cellist, composer, and vocalist Jody Redhage is "a new music dynamo...Redhage is cultivating a repertoire of indie art song that breaches genre boundaries and makes for stirring listening" (MusicWorks Magazine).

Redhage has spent the past seven years developing the ability to simultaneously sing and play rhythmically complex and intricate lines. Her passion is setting 20th and 21st century American poetry into art song, and she principally composes for her quintet Fire in July.

Redhage's compositions meld the detail and finesse of chamber music with the energy and drive of jazz improvisation and more popular genres. Fire in July released their debut album Ancient Star on Sept. 15, 2009. Ancient Star has been called "a real accomplishment, refreshing and enjoyable, music that is exploring and pioneering a new style and doing so with real thought and skill” -George Grella, The Big City.